Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:26:09 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: maxvnodes with news server? Message-ID: <199703121526.KAA07316@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970312015322.16322F-100000@hub.org> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Mar 12, 97 01:55:16 am
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> > Hi... > > Someone mentioned setting maxvnodes to between 15000-30000 > on a news server, depending on the size of the file system(?), but > I never heard anything back on how to determine a reasonable value... > > Can someone explain what increasing maxvnodes does, and what > a reasonable value to use is? > > The primary effect (that would be normally seen) is to improve directory caching. The cost is approx 700-1000 bytes per vnode. It can make a tremendous difference in certain cases. John
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